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April
28
Today we did
domestic stuff. Later in the afternoon we took the Sam’s Town shuttle to Bills
Casino and then walked over to Margaritaville where we met Mindy and her friend
Caroline. We got there around 630pm. We sat outside on the third floor and had
Margaritas and John had Land Shark Lager. Then Mindy and Caroline went over to
meet friends for dinner at the Bellagio Buffet. We walked down toward Casino
Royale but never made it. We stopped at Harrah's Bar where Elvis was DJ’ing
Karaoke. After Karaoke, there was dueling pianos. Not your normal piano music,
they played requests. The bigger the tip, the higher rated the request. We
caught the 202 back and got home about 1230am.
27
We headed out to Lake Mead and did a couple of hikes. The Wetlands
Trail surprised us. We know it is called wetlands, but there was a stream we
came across. We tried to find the Bluff Trail but ended up on another.
We came back to the cow, relaxed and had dinner, then
headed over to Nevada Palace for some blackjack and craps.
25
Today were walking
down to Arizona Charlie’s Casino, Roadrunner RV Park and Station Casino. It
should be about a 2 mile one way walk. Then we hopped on the 107 bus to
downtown. We walked all around. We stayed for the Fremont Experience Light
Show and then caught the Sam’s Town shuttle back. We got home around 930pm.
24
Today we headed out to
Valley of Fire State Park. We went through Lake Mead NP in order to get there.
On the north route, we stopped at Redstone Picnic Area for some photos. We saw
they had a short hiking trail so we decided to hike. There was also one hiker
that just got back. He told us he saw a big horn sheep. So off we went.
John decided to go
into the wash. I went around. I heard a noise and didn’t think it could be
John so I stopped and listened. It sounded like hoofs on rocks. I looked
around and there was a big horn sheep right in front of me. I was bummed
because I thought John was missing it. But then I saw John back on the rocks.
I was in front of the sheep and John was behind her. She didn’t care, she just
went right up the rocks to the top. She gave us quite a show. We thought she
was gone and then we saw her watching us from the top. We followed her around
and she came up on a rock and was only about 20 feet away from us. Then she was
done with us so she left.
We finished our hike and continued on to Valley of Fire State Park.
VOFSP is about 60 miles from Vegas. We parked and did a short hike up to
Elephant Rock. Then we went to the visitors center to get a better
understanding of the area and trails. We stopped at Mouse’s Tank and did a mile
hike there and then continued to Fire Canyon. We did about a 1 ½ mile hike
there. After that we were ready to head back. It was a great day and sooo cool
that we were able to see the Big Horn Sheep.
14 - 23 During this time we
did domestic stuff and did some gambling. I had a Trams Conference at the
Rio that I was teaching at so we checked into the Rio on 16th and checked out on
the 20th.
13
We headed out to Red Rock
about 2pm. We hiked the Oak Creek Canyon Trail. It is considered Easy
Moderate. It was fine. There was a slight incline but no big rocks to navigate
around. John hiked about 5 miles and I did 4 miles. Afterwards we stopped at
the Silverton Casino. We played slots for awhile and then headed back and had a
late dinner.
11
We stayed around the cow until about 2pm. Then
we headed out to Sam’s Town. We played slots for quite a while then walked over
to Longhorns for blackjack. We ended up at Nevada Palace for blackjack and
craps and got home about 1130pm
10
This afternoon we headed back out to Red Rock
Canyon. We hiked trail 19 the First Canyon Trail. It was about 3.5 miles total
and considered Easy Moderate. It was a nice trail. It had a little incline but
it was very gradual and no huge rocks to navigate up and around. We hiked for
about 3 hours then stopped at Bonnie Springs for a beer. They have a petting
zoo, but with quite a lot of animals. Some of the ones we saw were bobcat,
lamas, bighorn sheep, sheep, rabbits, geese, mules, bulls, bison, peacocks (all
over), ducks, birds, quails, turtles, chickens and baby chicks.
8
We got up and headed out to Red Rock Canyon. We
came in off the North Road Charleston Ave. We stopped at the visitors center to
get a map and look at information on the park. Just outside they had a Desert
Tortoise Habitat. We walked around and found a few Tortoises and then hopped in
the beast and went on the scenic loop. There were quite a few people since it’s
Sunday and it’s Easter.
We stopped at the Calico Tanks
Trail. It was listed as 2.5 miles Moderate. Well our version of moderate and
their version of moderate are two different things. It was nice at first.
Beautiful! We saw rock climbers, got some wonderful pictures. But then it
started to incline. Not just an incline on the path but we had to scramble as
they call it, up some big rocks and navigate some big rock steps. I finally
decided to stay where I was and John continued on. I’m glad I stayed. He said
it continued to get harder and he finally turned around also. We took our time
and headed back to the beast.
We looked up an Easy Trail and went
on that. It was easy but also had a few small inclines. We came back to
the cow and were ready for dinner.
7
We took it easy this morning and then decided to
head to the strip. John was ready for his footlong hot dog from Westward Ho.
So we took the Sam’s Town shuttle to the Riveria. John ended up with a footlong
but not from the Westward Ho. They imploded the Stardust on March 13th.
They must have imploded the Westward Ho before that since the area was already
cleared out. We walked the strip and took the Sam’s Town bus back and had the
dinner buffet at Sams.
6 We got up, had coffee and then
headed out to Lake Mead NP. We were going to 4 wheel drive area 94A off the
North road to Overton. We parked the beast and then hiked down the wash. It’s
good that we stopped and parked where we did. The road got really bad right
after we stopped. We hiked about 1.25 miles one way and came upon a canyon
where it was narrow and cooler. John hiked on some more but it was to much up
and down for me. We got back to the car and then took the North road back. We
had lunch then went to the pool.
4
We
headed off to Lake Mead NP. We took the South road and made a few stops along
the way for short hikes and photos. We stopped at the visitors center. Then we
headed out on the railroad trail. It was about 5.4 miles round trip. It wasn’t
hard because it was the railroad path that was used when Hoover Dam was
constructed. We saw some Antelope Ground Squirrels. Along the way there were 5
tunnels we had to walk through. We had a beautiful view of Lake Mead from the
trail.
When we left we ended up hitting a bunch of casinos along the route home.
We ended up at the Nevada Palace which is right down the road from us. No idea
what time we got home. Sometime in the morning.
2
We got up early, had
coffee and headed out for Walmart for grocery shopping. We parked at Walmart
and decided to walk down to two casinos next door. We ended up gambling at
both. We walked back to Walmart and did our shopping. We headed out to the
pool around 330pm and stayed until around 5pm. We walked down to Sams Town to
catch the free shuttle to the strip. We started at Bills Gambling Hall
(formally Barbary Coast). Then we made our way down to the Casino Royale. We
stayed for quite a while then caught the 202 bus back. We went to Nevada Palace
for a while, then had breakfast and got back home around 2am.
1
Today is traveling day.
We got up at 6am and was on the road at 7am. We were heading to Las Vegas, NV.
We walked over to Sam’s Town and did a little gambling.
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